Tropico/Seven the Hard Way [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The hit vocalist's fifth & sixth studio albums together on one CD. Respectively released on Chrysalis in 1984 & 1985, the platinum 'Tropico' reached #14 & 'Seven The Hard Way' peaked at #26. The two offer a combined total of 19 tracks, including the top five 'We Belong', the top 10 'Invincible',the top 40 hits 'Sex As A Weapon' & 'Ooh Ooh Song', and the single 'Le Bel Age'. All tracks are digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Also features the original cover art of each record, plus additional sleeve notes. 1998 release.

Tracks:

Diamond Field
We Belong
Painted Desert
Temporary Heroes
Love In The Ice Age
Ooh Ooh Song
The Outlaw Blues
Suburban King
A Crazy World Like This
Takin' It Back
Sex As A Weapon
Le Bel Age
Walking In The Underground
Big Life
Red Vision
7 Rooms Of Gloom
Run Between The Raindrops
Invincible (Theme From The Film 'The Legend Of Billie Jean')
The Art Of Letting Go

Album Description

The hit vocalist's fifth & sixth studio albums together on one CD. Respectively released on Chrysalis in 1984 & 1985, the platinum 'Tropico' reached #14 & 'Seven The Hard Way' peaked at #26. The two offer a combined total of 19 tracks, including the top five 'We Belong', the top 10 'Invincible',the top 40 hits 'Sex As A Weapon' & 'Ooh Ooh Song', and the single 'Le Bel Age'. All tracks are digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Also features the original cover art of each record, plus additional sleeve notes. 1998 release.

Album Details

Another Twofer Remaster.

Customer Reviews:

If You're a Pat Benatar Fan, Buy This!.......2007-03-09

This British two-fer is a very good collection, sans the editing choices. I never bought these albums when they originally came out because I was a little kid, though my older sister did own "Heat", "Crimes", and "Precious Time." I never heard the original versions, so I don't know how much I'm missing: You can tell that "Diamond Field" is cut off before it could be over, which is unfortunate...other reviewers are correct, good song, great vocals! "We Belong" we all know about..."Painted Desert", excellent song (great guitar intro by Neil Geraldo), why wasn't this a single?! "Temporary Heroes" great vocals...there are no bad songs on the album..."The Outlaw" has great guitar work and vocals..."Suburban King" seems like probably the most shortened song in the group, still, what's here is good to listen to...This album, "Tropico" also has to have the best cover art of all the Benatar albums. I love evocative, theatrical covers like that (don't think I've ever seen an album with an owl on the cover); the liner notes say it's "Kate Bush-like"; to me, it's more "Stevie Nicks-like" -- look at "Belladonna", then look at "Tropico." Surprised that more hits didn't come from the album. It's a mellower album, and a welcome change from the concertedly- "New Wave" "Get Nervous"(still, a pretty good album)...it was good that Pat went for a more adult-contemporary, pop-rock route, which expanded her range...remember, people, she was not originally training for Rock N' Roll at Julliard. Note: The one drawback of the Brit. Two-fers is that they don't feature lyrics for both albums...only the first album, "Tropico" gets printed lyrics, due to lack of CD space, which is so annoying for any music lovers in to lyrics, or what the singer was saying. But, that's better than the great new domestic remasters (mindblowing sound!) that don't feature any lyrics whatsoever, WHY??? The sound is great for both albums. "Seven The Hard Way" is just as good an album, but more rocking...Pat's voice doesn't age from 1979 to 1985 at all, it's only stronger! Highlights, "Le Bel Age", "Walking...Underground" "Seven Rooms" (Note, this song was probably covered, at the suggestion of Mike Chapman, since he was already familiar with Blondie's live cover from the 70s (who he was producing while working with Pat), not an attempt at falling back on R&B because she was at a loss of what to do.) Yet, again, the b-sides or album tracks are just as good, if not better than the singles released, remember that. Enjoy!

Two good Pat B. Lps- deserve better treatment..........2005-11-10

I agree with the previous reviewer in that the inclusion of Love is a Battlefield is a moot point here. That single version is available everywhere and does no justice to the song and really doesn't fit in here. La Bel Age is one of my fave tracks and to have it faded so soon on a full length CD release is just stupid. The other edits aren't quite as noticeable, but they really should have stuck to the American release versions instead of cramming edits just to get more tracks here. Otherwise, the two-fer approach is always a good idea when it works.

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BGO Come on...........2005-06-30

Just to let you know, this is now available only as a pro-pressed CD-R. I opened my copy today and was a bit miffed, though it sounds decent. Just full price is not worth a pro-pressed CD-R,....

SONGS ARE EDITED!!!!.......2005-04-16

La Bel Age loses a whole minute!!!! Painted Desert is 20 seconds shorter than on the original CD, and Invincible is 10 seconds shorter. The bonus track, Love is a Battlefield, it is the 7" version, not the full length version on her Live from Earth CD (this due to the fact that Love is a Battlefield was released at a very different time overseas, and this import matches that version of the releases). They should have just left it off the CD and given us back the time stolen from the other tracks!!! What a bummer. Otherwise, I'm all for this 2 in 1 compilation idea.

I WANT THIS CD!.......2002-11-14

An admitted Benatar junkie, I have to buy this CD. THese are two incredible albums whose highlights, in my opinion, are the strong album cuts, not the singles released. This is a GREAT start to a fine Benatar collection. Her versatility as a singer is very apparent in these albums and you will not regret getting this.

In the Heat of the Night (Original Release)

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In the Heat of the Night (Original Release)
Pat Benatar
Manufacturer: Chrysalis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NFK912

Product Description

This is the original 1984 release on the Chrysalis label. Tracks are: 1. Heartbreaker 2. I Need A Lover 3. If You Think You Know How To Love Me 4. In The Heat Of The Night 5. My Clone Sleeps Alone 6. We Live For Love 7. Rated X 8. Don't Let It Show 9. No You Don't 10. So Sincere

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Tropico/Seven the Hard Way
Pat Benatar
Manufacturer: Bgo Records/Ka
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002B67ZE
Release Date: 1999-02-23

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